Bathytoshia brevicaudata Giant Stingray, New Zealand Short-tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-tailed Stingaree, Schreiners Ray, Short-tail Stingray, Short-tailed Stingaree, Stingray, Smooth Stingray, Smooth Stingray, Stingray, Giant Stingray, Schreiners Ray, Giant Black Ray, Short-Tail Stingray, Short-Tailed Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tailed Stingaree, Captain Cook's Stingaree, Whai Repo

Bathytoshia brevicaudata is commonly referred to as Giant Stingray, New Zealand Short-tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-tailed Stingaree, Schreiners Ray, Short-tail Stingray, Short-tailed Stingaree, Stingray, Smooth Stingray, Smooth Stingray, Stingray, Giant Stingray, Schreiners Ray, Giant Black Ray, Short-Tail Stingray, Short-Tailed Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tailed Stingaree, Captain Cook's Stingaree, Whai Repo. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

13312 

AphiaID:

316573 

Scientific:

Bathytoshia brevicaudata 

German:

Riesenrochen 

English:

Giant Stingray, New Zealand Short-tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-tailed Stingaree, Schreiners Ray, Short-tail Stingray, Short-tailed Stingaree, Stingray, Smooth Stingray, Smooth Stingray, Stingray, Giant Stingray, Schreiners Ray, Giant Black Ray, Short-Tail Stingray, Short-Tailed Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tail Stingaree, New Zealand Short-Tailed Stingaree, Captain Cook's Stingaree, Whai Repo 

Category:

Stingrays 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Myliobatiformes (Order) > Dasyatidae (Family) > Bathytoshia (Genus) > brevicaudata (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hutton, ), 1875 

Occurrence:

Russland, Australia, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Great Australian Bigh, Indo Pacific, Japan, Lord Howe Island, Mauritius, Mozambique, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Queensland (Australia), South Australia, South-Africa, Tasman Sea, Tasmania (Australia), the Kermadec Islands, Victoria (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

0 - 480 Meter 

Size:

up to 169.29" (430 cm) 

Weight:

350 kg 

Temperature:

58.28 °F - 83.3 °F (14.6°C - 28.5°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Krill, Lobster, Nekton, Predatory, Rock lobster, Schrimps, Sepia, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bathytoshia brevicaudata
  Riesenrochen
• 
  Bathytoshia centroura
  Stechrochen
• 
  Bathytoshia lata
  Stechrochen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-10-16 18:58:33 

Last edit:

2020-10-18 15:05:40 

Toxicity

Bathytoshia brevicaudata is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Bathytoshia brevicaudata, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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